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APPLICATION FILED 1113.22.1911.

Patented may 7, 1912.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oEEioE.

JAMES L. BURTON, F PLAINVILLE, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF 'IQFRANK A. CI-IAJVIPLIN, OF EAST LONG MEADOW, MASSACHUSETTS.

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To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, JAMEs L. BURTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Plainville, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boxes,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to what I shall for convenience term a box, theinvention having been found in practice quite advantageous in thisconnection. Said invention,

however, may be embodied in various receping part of the presentspecification I have shown in detail one convenient form of embodimentof the invention which to enable those skilled in the art to practicethe invention will be set forth fully int-he following description,while the novelty of the invention will be included in the claimssucceeding said description.

Referring to said drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a boxinvolving my invention with the cover partially up. Fig.

2 is an elevation of part of a blank from which said box can be made.Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspectiveview of part of the box with a portion thereof removed and is primarilyintended to show the fastening means. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of amodified form of fastening means, and, Fig. 6 is a section of the same.

Like characters refer to like parts throughout the several figures.

The shape and size of the box may vary greatly and will depend upon theuse to which the same is to be put. The box is shown as being ofsubstantially rectangular form, and may be made from the blank partlyillustrated in Fig. 2. Said blank is denoted in a general way by 5 andcomprises a main portion 6 and several wings 7 extending therefrom, theblank being prac- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 22,

Patented May '7, 1912.

1911. Serial No. 616,054.

tically cruciform. One wing will constitute the front of the box and theopposite wing the back, while the other two wings present the sides ofthe box. From the rear wing 7 or that which is to constitute the back ofthe box there will project a wing 8 which serves as the flap, cover ortop of the box. The several wings 7 at their junction with the mainportion or bottom 6 are scored so as to facilitate folding thereof, orthis result might otherwise be obtained. The same procedure is followedwith respect to the rear wing 7 and lid or cover 8. Owing to this thecover is hinged or flexibly connected to the body of the box to permitits opening or closing.

The material from which the box is made may vary. It may consist ofpaste board, pulp or some substance from which boxes or theirequivalents are now usually made. I prefer to mold in the main portionor bottom 6 and also in the several wings 7 and 8 wire mesh 9. Thismaterially strengthens the box and also affords protection againstrodents. As an additional reinforcing means for the wings 7 Iincorporate therein strands 10, running in the present case lengthwiseor from side to side thereof. In addition to this the strands which mayadvantageously consist of wires project from the side edges of saidwings. The wire mesh 9 and the several strands 10 can be incorpo ratedin the substance of the blank, while the same is in process ofmanufacture. The free ends or projecting portions of the strands orwires 10 are in the present case utilized for maintaining the box inoperative relation or form and for this purpose said wings may have asshown, near their side edges holes as 11 which for strength areeyeleted.

It will be assumed that I have a blank such as shown in Fig. 2 and thatit is desired to make a box therefrom. To do this the followingprocedure may be adopted: The wings 7 will first be bent up at rightangles to the main portion or bottom 6, and they will be broughtpractically edge to edge after which the free portions of the strands 10will be passed through appropriate eyeletsll and then twisted togetherinside the box as shown in Fig. 1 whereby said box will be maintained inthe desired shape. I might amplify this description a little more fullyby referring to Fig. 2. I

will assume that the two wings 7 in this figure are bent up at rightangles to the bottom 6 and that these two wings are edge to edge. Thefree portions of the lower series of strands are passed through theeyelets of the wing 7 at the left in said Fig. 2, while the freeportions of the strands of said wing at the left are passed through theeyelets on the lower wing after which said free portions are twistedtogether. The front of the box presented by the forward wing 7 and thelid or cover 8 have cooperating devices for holding'said cover closed,and the devices shown for this purpose will now be set forth, although Ido not restrict myself in this particular. As a matter of fact it isconceivable that no fastening means of any kind need be employed andeven that a cover be not provided. The front 7 is shown having alongitudinallyextending, elongated strip 12 from the upper edge of whichproject the outwardly deflected tongues 13 constituting keepers, foryieldingly engaging tongues as 1 1 depending from the plates 15 fastenedto the top of the top or cover 8 of the box. At the junctions of thebodies of the respective plates and tongues 14 there are formed eyes16.. The strip 12 in addition to the tongues 13 already referred to,also has one or more other tongues 17 which are bent around to engageover the upper edge of the front 7 the upper portions of said tongues 17having eyes 18. The lid or cover 8 is adapted to close down upon thefront 7 as shown in Fig. 4 at which time the eyes 16 will be alined withthe eyes 18 for the purpose of removably receiving a key 19 which may,as illustrated, consist of an elongated rod or pin slidable through theseveral registering eyes and shown in operative position in said Fig. 1.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I have shown a modi fied form of fastening means, andin these figures it will be assumed that represents the front of the boxand 26 the lid or cover thereof or the parts thus identified might beany other two relatively movable parts of such a device. The part 25 isshown having fastened thereto a plate 27 having at its upper outer orfree end a resilient tube or eye 28. The plate has at its inner end orbut-t a flange 29. Attached to the plate 26 is a plate 30 ofapproximately L-f0rm in cross section, there being a U-shaped orchanneled portion 31 at the junctions of the two branches of said plate.hen the part 26 is closed against the part 25 the U-shaped portion 31fits over the tube 28, and the free branch of said plate 31 fits betweenthe flange 29 and the body of the plate 27. hen this relation isobtained the key 32 is introduced into the tube 28 thereby expanding thesame against the U-shaped portion 31 and consequently pressing the freebranch of the plate 81 against the flange 28.

hat I claim is:

1. A box comprising a bottom, and wings combined with wire strandsmolded in the wings, extending from side to side thereof and outwardbeyond the sides, said strands being twisted together at the corners ofthe box.

2. A box comprising a bottom and wings, combined with wire strandsmolded in said wings, extending from side to side thereof and alsoprojecting beyond the said sides, the wings having holes at the cornersof the box through which the projecting portions of said wires extend,and said projecting portions being twisted together.

3. A box comprising a bottom provided with wings, combined with wirestrands molded in the several wings, said strands extending from side toside of the wings and extending outward beyond said sides.

. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JAMES L. BURTON.

Witnesses LEAH L. MARKEL, FREDERICK E. ANDERSON.

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